He went through some major stuff, I felt his play was much better. Again I don’t believe he’s an option, but he battled some demons and took a sad song and made it better mentally.
Which QB should the Rams draft next year and where?
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From a GM and HC perspective, you don't carry 3 QBs unless you believe in the potential of that 3rd guy since he's taking a valuable roster spot from someone else. He's an option as QB2.
The question will be, do you upgrade QB2 this year with someone that has the potential to some day be QB1?
Well, can officially add another QB to the '26 draft class:
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You'd think we could, but he's suing. So we can't officially add him until we see what happens with the court case (in the short term).
That vid shows a couple of my concerns with him. And it's why I think that small sample size is important to keep in mind when evaluating him.
In his stretch of strongest play he was setting up and reading with confidence and straight dealing. But in his weak stretch of games he was unsettled, the feet were all over, bailing on the pocket, and rushing decisions. That play on the vid where he gets the TD in the redzone when he throws it underneath, the proper read would be the corner route but he rushed the underneath.
Dude might be a strong system QB who can start right away and win you games. Or he might be a backup.
I would guess that McVay would probably be able to get his best. So if we end up taking him I think his chances of success are strong. But I'd rather have a weapon, a corner, or a snot bubblin badass up front. Then draft that iffy potential backup QB later, where it's more appropriate.
He should be focusing on the draft at this point, he already missed out on the all star games.
Maybe its just me but I can and have in so.e cases seen your concerns with every QB in the draft. Some more than others.
Even with Mendoza there are no exceptional QBs in this class. But there are some that imo can be coached up.
I'll disagree on Mendoza. I think he is exceptional.
Also GMs are probably not so different from us in terms of projecting QBs. They know more about their personalities, and have background information we are not privy to. Which is a big advantage. But in the end they are laying probability bets just like we are here in this forum. You can see this in the way teams take these guys up high.
Richardson was enormous physical upside. Rainbows and unicorns. But in a way of course someone's gonna take that bet and someone did.
Young was the opposite of him. Had all the mental tools but was small and would need to be an outlier to succeed. Someone took that bet as well.
Both went very high. So applying this to Simpson will someone take that bet? Probably. It's hard to imagine the Cards, for example, who will be running our offense (which Simpson fits quite well) passing on what would be a QB upgrade. But I don't think it makes a whole lot of sense for the Rams to take him high. We'll see what the Rams think, if he makes it to their selection. That would be quite interesting.
This is where I’m at. I just don’t see a single QB in this draft that’s going to be a top 10-12 guy in 7-8 years. Lotta middle of the road starters and backups IMO.
Mendoza might make a pro bowl or 2 but I think he’s gonna be somewhere in the Daniel Jones (Giants era) and Ryan Tannehill tier. I wouldn’t say his arm is weak, but it’s not strong. They threw a Hail Mary before the half at the Natty….he had to crow hop into it and it barely went 50 yards.
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Honestly I don't think Bennett really showed me much in preseason to say whether or not he'd be a good 2. I imagine it comes down to what he's shown in practice. Curious to see which way they go this offseason at QB.
One thing I know, is that they'll explore multiple options as they almost always do with every position in flux.
Maybe this has already been mentioned in these 169 pages, but where would you guys rank Malik Willis if he was in this draft? Looked pretty good in limited time in a similar system. I'd rank him as a late 1st rounder or early 2nd rounder and QB #3. He's the same age as Shough, btw.
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Look, Willis is gonna be a hot commodity. I bet there are some teams that are convincing themselves that Willis is the better option to Mendoza (not that he is to anyone but the Raiders).
You're taking a chance on Willis for sure but sitting in GB and learning and playing in the McShanahan system. I'd be licking my chops to get him. Dual threat who's worked on his passing and processing for a long time. I think Willis has the higher ceiling right now than Mendoza and Mendoza is probably the more polished passer (but maybe just by a bit now).
Mendoza's comps are Goff or Cousins. Willis could be a Jackson-lite type player and that's not a dig. Like that would be great. (And when I say Jackson-lite, I mean how good he is as a pocket passer - people don't tend to watch Raven's games so they don't actually see how good he is from the pocket and just go off priors when he first got into the league).
Agreed. Load up the needs early. Defense and maybe a weapon for 9.
Also in FA hit the positions that need upgrades. We don't need to fuck around with castoff QBs unless they're cheap. Willis won't be cheap. Stafford is probably gonna get paid more and just figure it out around that.
With Stafford coming back and the big dance in So Fi no way McVay will be spending two seconds training a rookie. This thread should now officially retire.